Measure Definition
- tactic
- step
- procedure
- move
- Often used in plural: maneuver
- moderateness
- temperance
- moderation
- employ
- do things to accomplish a purpose
- weigh
- judge
- measure
- take-action
- made-to-order
- In excess.
- Without limit.
- In addition to the required amount.
- To a degree:
The new law was in a measure harmful.
- so much as not to be measurable; exceedingly; extremely
- as a bonus or something extra
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Measure
- beyond measure
- for good measure
- in a
- beyond measure
- for good measure
- in a measure
- made to measure
- measure one's length
- measure out
- measure swords
- measure up
- measure up to
- take measures
- take someone's measure
- tread a measure
Origin of Measure
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From Middle English mesure, from French mesure, from Latin mÄ“nsÅ«ra (“a measuring, rule, something to measure by"), from mÄ“nsus, past participle of mÄ“tÄ«rÄ« (“to measure, mete"). Displaced native Middle English mÇ£te, mete (“measure") (n.) (from Old English met (“measure"), compare Old English mitta (“a measure")), Middle English ameten, imeten (“to measure") (from Old English āmetan, Ä¡emetan "to mete, measure), Middle English hof, hoof (“measure, reason") (from Old Norse hōf (“measure, reason")), Old English mǣþ (“measure, degree").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old French mesure from Latin mēnsūra from mēnsus past participle of mētīrī to measure mē-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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